The City faithful only have to wait twelve minutes before they're celebrating a goal. Yaya Touré pinged a ball 40 yards over the top of the Hammers defence for Alvaro Negredo to chase, which he does and then lashes a delightful volley into the net from 16 yards

Thirteen minutes later Alvaro Negredo gets his and City's second when a sumptuous combination between Negredo and Edin Dzeko cuts the visiting defence apart and Negredo provides another emphatic finish

City emulate Nottingham Forest by hitting five past hapless West Ham. It was another cutting move by City, with Samir Nasri and David Silva combining before the Spaniard slipped a dainty ball through to Negredo on the left. The striker crossed for Dzeko, who prodded in at the near post